"If we build wind turbines, if we insulate our buildings to make them far more efficient than they are now," Nye said. "If we put solar panels as possible — all those jobs are here … all the jobs would be local."

March organizer Leslie Cagan said they were looking at the local leaders to mandate that all buildings be converted to be more energy efficient on a faster time table than laid out by the de Blasio administration last year.

"A voluntary program isn't enough," she said. "It will never happen without a [mandatory] plan in place."

Cagan said the local activist movement had faith in the city's elected leaders but that they would hold them accountable for the reforms undertaken and proposals laid out on Sunday.

The coalition of environmental advocatessent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio also asking the mayor to commit to off-shore wind energy, expand Bus Rapid Transit, promote community gardens and divest city pensions from all fossil fuels.

The city has been under fire from local community garden groups upset over the administration's consideration of garden sites as possible locations for affordable housing development.

In September, de Blasio proposed divestment of the city's pension funds from coal, and said it would study divestment from all fossil fuels.

Last year, Blasio marched in the People's Climate March in New York City and committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in public buildings come 2050, compared to from levels taken in 2005.